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--- languages:limburgish_in_the_netherlands [2020/03/09 12:22] – [Online learning resources] ydwine
+++ languages:limburgish_in_the_netherlands [2020/10/21 14:03] – [Legislation of language education] ydwine
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   * [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#ISO 639-3|ISO 639-3]] standard: lim
 ==== Language vitality according to: ====
-^ [[http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/|UNESCO]]  ^ [[https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lim/|Ethnologue]]               ^ [[http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/10425|Endangered Languages]]  ^
+^ [[http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/|UNESCO]]  ^ [[https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lim/|Ethnologue]]               ^ [[http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/10425|Endangered Languages]]  ^  [[https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/limb1263|Glottolog]]  ^
-| {{ :endangerment:green.png?nolink |Vulnerable}}    | {{ :endangerment:purple.png?nolink |2 out of 10 (10 means extinct)}}  | x                                                                       |
+| {{ :endangerment:green.png?nolink |Vulnerable}}    | {{ :endangerment:purple.png?nolink |2 out of 10 (10 means extinct)}}  |  x                                                                        | {{ :endangerment:yellow.png?nolink |Threatened}}  |
 ==== Linguistic aspects: =====
-  * Classification: Indo-European → Germanic. For more information, see [[http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/limb1263]] at [[http://glottolog.org/|Glottolog]]
+  * Classification: Indo-European → Germanic. For more information, see //limb1263// at [[http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/limb1263|Glottolog]]
   * Script: Latin
 ==== Language standardization ====
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 ===== Legislation of language education =====
-The listing of Limburgish under part II of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages facilitates its promotion across different layers of society such as education. Beside, there is a law, ‘De Wet op het Primair Onderwijs’, in which it is stated that Dutch is the medium of instruction, but, in places were the dialect or regional language is vivid, this language may be used as medium for instruction too ((Sjaak Kroon and Ton Vallen, ‘Dialect in Limburg’, Studie in Meertaligheid, 5 (2004), 11-32 (p. 32)).
+==== European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ====
+The Netherlands [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#Signature of a treaty|signed]] and [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#Ratification of a treaty|ratified]] the [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#European Charter for Regional and Minority languages|European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]], and listed Limburgish under [[general_information:glossary_of_terms#European Charter for Regional and Minority languages|part II]].
+This facilitates its promotion across different layers of society such as education.
+Besides, there is a law, ‘De Wet op het Primair Onderwijs’, in which it is stated that Dutch is the medium of instruction, but, in places were the dialect or regional language is vivid, this language may be used as medium for instruction too ((Sjaak Kroon and Ton Vallen, ‘Dialect in Limburg’, Studie in Meertaligheid, 5 (2004), 11-32 (p. 32)).
 ===== Institutional support for education of the language: =====